Assembling images from Adobe Photoshop

If you're using Photoshop as the host application for HDR Efex Pro, there are a …couple of ways that you can initiate the process of assembling an HDR image …directly from within Photoshop. The first is to use the Next Software …panel within Photoshop. You can see here I have HDR Efex Pro …available and I can simply click the Merge button. …That's the option to assemble multiple images, and that will bring up the HDR …Efex Pro application where I can choose the source files. …I'll click Cancel here for the moment, and switch back to Photoshop, so that we …can take a look at the other option for assembling images in HDR Efex Pro from …within Photoshop. And that is to go to the File menu, and …then choose Automate, followed by Merge to HDR Efex Pro.…

I'll go ahead and choose that option and once again we'll see the option to select …source files, in HDR Efex Pro. Note that I've not yet opened any images …in Photoshop. If I had, I could simply choose the Add …Open Files option. But generally, I'll use my original raw …

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11/8/2012

In this workshop Tim Grey teaches how to use Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro 2.0 to create great high-dynamic-range (HDR) images. After showing you the basics of HDR Efex Pro—including configuring the interface and settings, using presets, and evaluating your image—Tim introduces the various adjustment options. Learn how to make overall tonal and color adjustments, use control points to apply selective adjustments, and reset adjustments or go back in the history. Plus, get tips on applying finishing touches to your images and saving the final processed image.